The research team is comprised of:  Katrine Sauvé-Schenk, Jacinthe Savard, François Durand.
Research assistant: Patrick Duong.
Collaborators: Samantha Samonte-Brown, Lisa Sheehy, Martine Trudelle.

Delayed access to social services can lead to critical consequences in the daily lives of low-income stroke survivors who transition back to the community. Consequences include living in precarious housing situations, decreased medication compliance, and more general difficulties accessing goods and services linked to return to participation. To improve stroke outcomes for low-income stroke survivors, successful strategies should be put in place along the continuum of care to support them to have timely access to needed social services. A better understanding of usual care and of the practice settings of stroke teams is the first step towards implementation of such change.

The objective of this project is to describe the current routine practice (usual care) of stroke team members in acute care and rehabilitation programs in one region of Ontario to support low-income stroke survivors to access social service information/resources.